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Nahum 2:6 KJV
Nahum · chapter 2 · verse 6
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.Nahum 2:6 · King James Version
Nahum 2:6 in context
4The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
6The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
7And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- riversnâhâra stream (including the seaH5104 →
- openedpâthachto open wideH6605 →
- palacehêykâla large public building, such as a palace or templeH1964 →
- gatesshaʻaran openingH8179 →
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Here is, I. An alarm of war sent to Nineveh, Nah 2:1. The prophet speaks of it as just at hand, for it is neither doubtful nor far distant: "Look about thee, and see, he that dashes in pieces has come up before thy face.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10